: an establishment that provides lodging and usually meals, entertainment, and various personal services for the public : inn
Hotel
2 of 2communications code word
—used as a code word for the letter h
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Noun
check out of a hotel
for their 50th anniversary they stayed at one of the finest hotels in San Francisco
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Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
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This month, The Woodward, Auberge Collection, one of the best hotels in Geneva, announced a range of festive holiday amenities and experiences, all centered around its partnership with Italian jewelry house Pomellato.
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There had been more trouble connected to the Bell Hotel, one of dozens of hotels in Britain used to house asylum seekers.
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Noun
On one of the evenings, fans noticed that Allen was quick to disappear into a hotel after stepping out of a car while Steinfeld took photos with fans.
—Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Questlove laughed from a hotel room in Boca Raton, Florida, at the absurd line of questioning that channeled the spirit of an all-too-serious high school teacher grilling a student.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
This month, The Woodward, Auberge Collection, one of the best hotels in Geneva, announced a range of festive holiday amenities and experiences, all centered around its partnership with Italian jewelry house Pomellato.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2025
There had been more trouble connected to the Bell Hotel, one of dozens of hotels in Britain used to house asylum seekers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Hotel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotel. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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hotel
noun
ho·tel
hō-ˈtel 
: an establishment that provides lodging and often meals, entertainment, and personal services for its guests
Etymology
Noun
from French hôtel "hotel," from early French hostel "a place for travelers to spend the night," derived from Latin hospitalis "of a guest, showing hospitality," from hospit-, hospes "host, stranger, guest" — related to hospital, hospitality
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